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Fig. 566. Dupontia fischeri "R. Br. in Parry's Voy. App. 291. 

 1824. Fisher's Dupontia. — A slender, erect perennial 1 to 2.5 

 dm. high, from a creeping root stock, with flat, attenuate-pointed 

 leaves and contracted, simple panicles 4 to 7 cm. long. Spikelets 

 2- to 3-flowered, 6 to 7.5 mm. long, with lanceolate, acute empty 

 glumes (a), and obtuse or acute flowering glumes which are silky- 

 pilose on the hack toward the base. — Moist situations, Arctic 

 America. [Siberia.] June-August. 



